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BUSINESS NEWS AECOM AWARDED CONTRACT TO BUILD FARADAY FUTURE’S $1 BILLION NORTH AMERICAN ELECTRIC CAR MANUFACTURING PLANT AECOM , a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced it has been selected to construct the $1 billion, 3-million square foot electric car manufacturing plant for Faraday Future in North Las Vegas, Nevada. AECOM’s industrial construction services practice is currently engaged in demolition, including mass grading for the relocation of phone towers, fence lines and the installation of temporary facilities. The project, to be delivered with a guaranteed maximum price, has an approximate construction value of $500 million and will be included in AECOM’s backlog for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016. “A revolutionary approach to transportation requires an unprecedented manufacturing facility, and AECOM is thrilled to be working with Faraday Future to help make its vision real in Nevada,’’ said Michael S. Burke, AECOM chairman and chief executive officer. “Our involvement taps our extensive automotive industry experience and our integrated approach to delivering challenging projects quickly.’’ “Working in collaboration with AECOM, we were extremely impressed with how quickly they aligned with our company’s vision of manufacturing in North Las Vegas,” said Dag Reckhorn, Vice President of Global Manufacturing, Faraday Future. “We are proud

to be working with AECOM as partners in this project, and their expertise will serve as an invaluable resource to FF as we bring our facility online in the future.” In keeping with Faraday Future’s mission, the production facility features a number of elements designed for sustainability and harmonization with Nevada’s natural surroundings. Structural glass, a water feature and dark sky-compliant outdoor lighting fixtures will welcome visitors and thousands of production workers by connecting the plant with the landscape. The project will also feature extended life-cycle materials that require less maintenance. Additionally, the project will include sustainable and energy-efficient oils, elevator systems, and lighting, as well as prismatic skylights for daylighting of manufacturing. Even greater energy savings will be realized through roof- mounted PV solar panels for power generation, a cool roof Energy-Star coating system, and energy efficient heating and cooling systems. The current demolition work includes the digging of water retention pools to store water for compaction and use in the building’s cooling towers. The facility will embrace visitors and guided tours with integrated viewing platforms and purposeful designs allowing for visibility to vehicles during the assembly process from a safe vantage point.

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moment’s notice in spite of them not jumping for you. Get rid of them! The only reason you suffer with ANY bad client is you don’t have enough GOOD clients. Go out and get them! Don’t be lazy and negative yourself. You can do it! 4)Bad employees. They may anger your clients. They may drop the ball in the 11th hour. They may just create problems for you with other people. No matter. They have made their beds – and the bed clearly says “dysfunctional employee.” You don’t need, nor can you afford, ANY level of dysfunction with your employees. Reform them – or move them on. 5)Social media. One in eight minutes online is spent on Facebook. It can really suck you down into negativity if you let it. Fake news items, angry outbursts, and jealousy over other people’s fake lives – it’s all crap that can suck you in and destroy your morale. Cut way back – or cut it out altogether – and then see how you feel. Most of us spend way too much time on social media. It starts to become a substitute for real life. And it is a poor one! 6)Too many hobbies. If your golf game isn’t going well in spite of spending record amounts of time and money playing it, maybe it is time to hang up the clubs for a while. This is just one example of many where hobbies (auto racing, house flipping, etc.), can become too big of a deal and when they don’t go well it sucks us down. The bottom line is this: Eliminate the problems, stress-inducers, and negative influences in your life every way you can. Culling the bad is every bit as critical as cultivating the good. The good has to outweigh the bad or you’ll be renting space in your brain to some very bad tenants! MARK ZWEIG is Zweig Group’s founder and CEO. Contact him at mzweig@zweiggroup.com.

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